{"id":6546,"date":"2009-08-24T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/take-a-good-catholic-girl-to-dinner\/"},"modified":"2009-08-24T13:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T13:53:00","slug":"take-a-good-catholic-girl-to-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/08\/take-a-good-catholic-girl-to-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKE A GOOD CATHOLIC GIRL TO DINNER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SpqETSIR1QI\/AAAAAAAAHDU\/tcRBWkSG5OE\/s1600-h\/Blue+Piranees+06+Varietal+Shiraz-797745.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375754572039050498\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SpqETSIR1QI\/AAAAAAAAHDU\/tcRBWkSG5OE\/s320\/Blue+Piranees+06+Varietal+Shiraz-797745.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SpqEUEXJXLI\/AAAAAAAAHDc\/zWwmacH5ICo\/s1600-h\/Good+Catholic+Girl+08+Riesling-700059.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375754585523182770\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SpqEUEXJXLI\/AAAAAAAAHDc\/zWwmacH5ICo\/s320\/Good+Catholic+Girl+08+Riesling-700059.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">Wc24Aug09<\/span><\/p>\n<p>david ellis<\/p>\n<p>ONE of the more eye-catching labels to come our way of late is Good Catholic Girl from boutique maker Julie Barry in South Australia&#8217;s Clare Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The daughter of the late and legendary Jim Barry, Julie says that being born into a Catholic wine family, it meant that in vintage her fate was sealed, and only natural that she develop an interest and love of wine from an early age.<\/p>\n<p>Just two wines are bottled under her Good Catholic Girl label: one is a Shiraz from her own Limerick Vineyard that was planted in 1997 with cuttings from her father&#8217;s famed Armagh Shiraz vines just across the paddock (and certainly a great a head-start in the Shiraz-making stakes.)<\/p>\n<p>The other is a Riesling from fruit she sources from two vineyards at Penwortham \u2013 the original settlement in the Clare.<\/p>\n<p>We found her 2008 Teresa Clare Riesling (named after her mother) really something, with dominant cassis and lemon flavours, coupled with hints of lime and fresh Granny Smith apples \u2013 all-in-all a refreshingly succulent drop  ideal with seafood such as crabmeat fritters and salad, or roast pork.<\/p>\n<p>Julie made just 108 dozen; if it sounds appealing its just $25 a bottle plus freight. Order on 0419 822 909 or email <a href=\"mailto:enquiry@goodcatholicgirl.com.au\">enquiry@goodcatholicgirl.com.au<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>ONE FOR LUNCH: VICTORIA&#8217;s cool-climate Blue Pyrenees&#8217; &#8220;Varietal&#8221; range certainly live up to their claim of value-for-money for premium quality wines at consumer-friendly prices.<\/p>\n<p>The 2006 Blue Pyrenees Varietal Shiraz is one in particular to look out for if you like flavoursome reds: made from low-yielding, big-on-flavour vines, this one&#8217;s got nice sweet blueberry fruit flavours that give way to hints of chocolate and varietal spice; pay $18 and serve with barbecued kangaroo steaks and whole foil-roasted buttered potatoes.    <\/p>\n<p>(NEED A FOOD\/DRINK IDEA? Check out  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintnews.com\/\">http:\/\/www.vintnews.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO CAPTIONS:<\/p>\n<p>[] INVITE this Good Catholic Girl to a seafood or roast pork dinner<\/p>\n<p>[] LIVING up to its claim: value-for-money premium quality red<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wc24Aug09 david ellis ONE of the more eye-catching labels to come our way of late is Good Catholic Girl from boutique maker Julie Barry in South Australia&#8217;s Clare Valley. 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